"Hound Blaze!"
Streams of magma surged as scorching pillars of magma erupted before Sakazuki, exploding with deafening force.
Several torrents of magma poured down, carrying terrifying heat with them!
A cold light flashed in his eyes as Wushuang's claws, covered by the life weapon Mighty Claw, slashed forward. A wolf shadow erged behind him.
The scorching magma collided with the Mighty Claw, and the razor-sharp claws slowly tore through the incoming magma.
Flowing magma splashed across Wushuang's armor and claws, clashing continuously against that pitch-black, decaying energy and producing sizzling sounds.
Faced with the remnants of such terrifyingly hot magma—
Even a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral would not dare be careless. A single mistake could cost them their life.
Yet Wushuang did not care in the slightest…
The boiling magma continuously vaporized the air into white mist, but it could not damage even a single strand of his hair!
After all—
Even if Wushuang was not at his peak right now, he was still a genuine Admiral-level combatant.
How could re fragnts of magma that he had already shattered possibly harm him?
After breaking apart wave after wave of magma, with droplets of molten fire splashing across his body, Wushuang did not slow down in the slightest. His sharpness remained peerless as he continued straight toward Sakazuki.
"Splash—!"
Magma surged as Sakazuki himself transford into magma and shot forward.
The magma arm collided with the claw. Visible shockwaves burst outward, circles of aftershocks spreading wildly as the surrounding air trembled in unrest.
Even the massive Marine warships below began to shake continuously…
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In the next mont, both of them vanished at the sa ti, only to reappear elsewhere and collide once more…
Heat waves spread.
Razor-sharp force ran wild!
Their figures flashed rapidly across the sky. Every collision left behind a battlefield in ruins…
The air split apart again and again, while thick white mist spread all around, enveloping the ten great Marine warships nearby…
It even began to spread into Impel Down itself…
The raging sharpness and magma fragnts constantly fell from their clashes, scattering outward in specks.
The sound of seawater evaporating never ceased…
So of the aftershocks crashed wildly into the Marine warships.
If not for the presence of the Marine officers there, those ten great warships beneath them would likely have already been swallowed by the aftershocks of their battle!
Within this battlefield, the two rapidly moving figures showed countless people across the sea what it truly ant to be Admiral-level power!
They let low-ranking Marines, pirates, civilians, and bounty hunters witness it—
The clash of the Marines' highest combat power!
Yet none of them were imrsed in the spectacle of an Admiral-level battle…
Their minds were still echoing with the words Wushuang had spoken earlier!
"Nether Race General! Wushuang!"
"It's real! This man really isn't human! He really isn't from this era!"
"It's over… it's all over… The Hundred Races are awakening, and they'll devour the sea. No one will escape this!"
"The Ancient King… everything the Ancient King said… was actually true… Is there really no way to stop it now?"
Across the sea, because of Wushuang's words, countless people fell into deep terror…
Not a single one remained unmoved!
In the New World, within the territory of one of the Four Emperors—
Shanks stared at Wushuang with a solemn expression, as though trying to see through him completely.
"A Nether Race General… so this is one of the experts of the Hundred Races from four thousand years ago… a powerhouse of the Nether Race?"
"And compared to the Divine Race… what kind of race is the Nether Race exactly?"
Behind him, Yasopp let out a slight sigh of relief and said, "Captain… this Nether Race guy doesn't seem that special…"
"He's only an Admiral-level fighter. Sure, he's strong…"
"But he's nowhere near as exaggerated as what the Ancient King described…"
The Ancient King had once said that among the Hundred Races powerhouses from four thousand years ago, many were about as strong as he was, and quite a few were even stronger.
Yet the Hundred Races expert they were seeing now was rely Admiral level.
That was a world apart from what the Ancient King had described!
For them…
That might actually be a good sign…
"There are too many unknowns about four thousand years ago for us…"
"And we've never even heard of the Nether Race before."
But Shanks shook his head heavily, his tone still grave as he continued, "Perhaps… this Nether Race was simply a very insignificant race four thousand years ago…"
"And if even a re general from an insignificant race is already Admiral level…"
"…that's still absolutely terrifying!"
"At the very least… the Nether Race is more frightening than the entire Navy!"
The words of the Ancient King.
The words of the Pirate King Roger…
Filled Shanks with awe toward that era from four thousand years ago…
So even though Wushuang only appeared to be Admiral level right now, Shanks remained extrely vigilant.
He did not relax his guard against the era from four thousand years ago in the slightest!
"Tch… this Nether Race General doesn't seem like much…"
"Compared to the Ancient King, who crushed the three Admirals so effortlessly… he's way too far behind…"
Inside the royal palace of Dressrosa, Doflamingo clicked his tongue, his tone filled with unconcealed disappointnt…
Compared to the others across the sea—
He hoped even more that the powerhouses from four thousand years ago were overwhelmingly strong, strong enough to easily wipe out the entire World Governnt!
At the World Governnt's highest conference chamber—
The Five Elders had now completely focused their attention on Wushuang.
Hirano Masato stroked his chin. His expression shifted constantly as a sharp light flickered in his pupils, and he muttered his guesses without stopping.
"The Nether Race… one of the powerful races from the Hundred Races that has continued to exist until now?"
"This Nether Race General called Wushuang… why did he suddenly appear outside Impel Down?"
"His strength… is certainly not weak, but trying to challenge all the combat power gathered at Impel Down alone…"
"…still seems rather inadequate."
Wushuang's appearance had truly caught him off guard.
But after the initial panic, he realized sothing—
Wushuang was rely a single Admiral.
That ant everything was still under control!
Ogata Kenichi's brows gradually relaxed as he said, relieved, "That's true… aside from those Hundred Races who vanished entirely for four thousand years, what other Admiral-level fighter on the sea would dare step into the present-day Impel Down alone and challenge the World Governnt?"
"For us… isn't this a chance?!" Sonobe Keiichi suddenly asked.
The atmosphere in the chamber shifted abruptly.
Ogata Kenichi, Hirano Masato, and the other three Five Elders all turned their gazes toward Sonobe Keiichi.
And within their hearts—
A thought began to surface more and more clearly.
"The appearance of Nether Race General Wushuang is a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity for us!"
Feeling the eyes of the other four upon him, Sonobe Keiichi paused before continuing.
"We know far too little about the Hundred Races from four thousand years ago. The only person who truly knows much is the Ancient King—and his strength is extraordinary. Moreover, once the crisis erupts, he can still be considered to be on our side…"
"We can't easily make a move against him. Otherwise, internal war would consu our combat strength, and we'd have even less power to face the chaotic era that's coming."
"But… Wushuang is different…"
"He cos from the Nether Race, and his strength is only Admiral level!"
"More importantly, we currently have a great deal of power gathered inside Impel Down. Capturing him will not be difficult!"
"If he truly is just a single Admiral, then once we take him down, wouldn't we be able to pry information out of him about the other Hundred Races from four thousand years ago?"
"That way, when the Hundred Races return, we won't remain completely ignorant!"
Sonobe Keiichi's words made the other four Five Elders nod one after another.
Clearly, they had already been thinking along similar lines.
That era from four thousand years ago—
And the Hundred Races soon to return from it—
Were simply too unfamiliar to them!
Wushuang's appearance was like a lifeline thrown straight into their hands!
A chance to understand all of it!
In the New World—
Within the territory of one of the Four Emperors—
Kaido, with twin horns atop his head and a presence like a demon god, stared at Wushuang in the screen and comnted with visible disappointnt:
"His speed and power are both excellent… Compared to those Logia Devil Fruit users like Sakazuki, he suits my taste much more…"
"But in terms of raw strength, he's still a bit lacking…"
"I thought the return of the Hundred Races would bring so real monsters…"
"But it's only a re Admiral. This Nether Race is really disappointing…"
At the side, King—his eyes gleaming—spoke only after Kaido had finished.
"Boss…"
"This might be an opportunity for us!"
"Oh? An opportunity? What kind of opportunity?"
Kaido's eyes shifted toward King, clearly intrigued.
Beside them, the other two All-Stars of the Beast Pirates also turned their attention toward him.
"An opportunity to strengthen ourselves!"
"Judging from the Nether Race and the general who has appeared so far, their overall strength doesn't seem overwhelmingly high…"
"But they aren't weak either! Most importantly, they don't seem to be Devil Fruit users, and yet they still possess powerful bodies…"
"…explosive strength and speed…"
"That suits the needs of the Beast Pirates perfectly…"
"It's just that even if we set out for Impel Down right now, it would already be too late…"
"Boss… the significance contained in Wushuang himself is too great. Even if the World Governnt captures him, they won't kill him imdiately!" King continued.
"The most likely outco is that they'll imprison him in order to extract more information about the other Hundred Races from four thousand years ago."
"When that happens, we can wait for an opportunity—rescue Wushuang, and then bring the Nether Race under our command!"
Hearing this, Kaido said nothing.
But the tiny black bolts of lightning already flickering around his body revealed his decision.
The wolf-like form of Wushuang in the screen was far more appealing to him than an ordinary Zoan Devil Fruit user.
The Nether Race—
Would not disappoint him!
As for storming a World Governnt stronghold and offending the World Governnt—
It was not as if it would be his first ti doing so.
With the sea about to descend into chaos, he cared even less about the World Governnt now!
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